NDLI: Arrays of objects in rationalized APL

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Werder, Andreas
Abstract	A number of proposals have been made so far to extend the array concept of APL to functions thus allowing functions of non-zero array rank [Bernecky 84, Brown 84]. Some of them required significant extensions to the APL language, both in syntax and in functionality. In this paper a scheme is presented which extends arrays to all classes of APL objects: data, function and operator. It is based on the extensions made by K.E. Iverson, first published in “Rationalized APL” [Iverson 83] and formally described in “A Dictionary of APL” [Iverson 87].It is shown that the construction of arrays of any class can be achieved without additional extensions to the rationalized APL syntax. True generalized arrays, which may contain enclosed elements of any class, are introduced. A function application operator is proposed which extends the domain of a number of functions to function arrays. Finally the operator is used to rationalize vector and canonical representation of simple, derived and defined functions and function arrays.
Starting Page	346
Ending Page	349
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01636006
DOI	10.1145/377719.55673
Journal	ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad (APLQ)
Volume Number	18
Issue Number	2
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	1988-12-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Arrays of objects in rationalized APL